OF MODERN MAN

Fidel, member of the ”Grupo de Tovar“ lives and works in the artistic Tovar. Before, Fidel work mainly consisted of still life paintings. From still lives with every day objects, Fidel’s work slowly evolved into working with structures.

Man‘s role in his representations has changed over time. In his earlier work, he used to indicate the presence of people by painting household object. In his current work, man is depicted as being part of a mob trying to enter or leave buildings by the stairs or ladders.

Although living in a city, he never really adapted himself to city life. From his point of view, life is about open space, quietness and social contact. Like the countryside. Through his paintings, Fidel grants the modern city dwellers a glimpse of themselves as being trapped in buildings.         

Partly influenced by Jesus Guerrero, Fidel is developing himself away from classical painting. This can be seen in the disproportional buildings, the surrealistic representations, the wrought perspective and his particular use of colour.

Fidel says:

”In my paintings I take notice of the globalisation and cultural pluralism that disable us to feel our true identity. There is a growing conflict between our cultural identity on one hand and to open ourselves to other cultures on the other hand.

This globalisation can be recognised in the massiveness of the populated areas with their cosmopolitan inhabitants. As if the world has become one great mega polis divided into heterogeneous, multicultural cities according to geometric patterns and of khaki colour. That way, cities resemble a sort of

figurative art.“

CURRICULUM

Geboren in 1961- Tovar Estado Mérida, Venezuela.

STUDIE

1976-1978 Curso estudios de Dibujo,Pintura y Serigrafía: Color y Diseño, en el Taller integral de Artes ”Elbano Méndez Osuna“, Tovar.

1979 - 1981 Especialización en Serigrafía. Taller integral de Artes ”Elbano Méndez Osuna,Tovar.

1981 Especialización in Litografía - Centro do Enseñanza Gráfica. CEGRA -CONAC. Caracas.

1982 Fabricacion de Papel hecho a mano. Prof- Zulia Herrera. Centro de Eseñanza Grafica CEGRA CONAC. Carácas.

1983 Seminario sobre el color. Prof. Mercedes Pardo. Centro de

Elseñanza Gráfica CEGRA. Caracas.

1983 Seminario sobre Serigrafía. Prof Rafael Bogarin Centro de Elseñanza Gráfica CEGRA. Caracas.

1991 Master of Lithografics, Tamarind Institute USA.

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

1988 50 Artistas del TAGA Embajada do México D.F.Galeria El Muro. Caracas.

Hecho en Venezuela, Galeria Amira de la Rosa.Teatro Municipal de Barranquilla, Colombia.

Galería de Arte INCE. Caracas.

Obra Grafica del Taller Dosarche.

lV-V-Vl Bienal de Miniaturas. Taller de Artistas Gráficos Asociados TAGA. Carácas. 1987 Universidad del Zulia Estado Zulia.

Galería Interaraluminia. Obra Gráfico Taller Dosarche;Puerto Ordaz. Estado Bolivar. 1990 AGPA 88, Estacíon Metro La Hoyada.

1991 Museo de Piatra-NEAMi. RUMANIA.

1994 Galería Juan Ali Méndez CONAC. Tovar, Edo. Mérida.

1997 10 Artistas Tovareños. Ateneo del Táchira

Tovareños en Puerto Ordaz. Galeria Tercer Milenio. Pto. Ordaz.

Primera Bienal del Táchira Ateneo del Táchira.

2000 Galería de Arto Emerio Dario Lunar Maracaibo Edo. Zulia.

Ruta del Arte Tovar. Edo. Mérida.

2001 Galería Juan Ali Méndez, Tovar. Edo. Mérida, Ateneo Jesús Soto Tovar.

2002 Ateneo Ateneo Jesús Soto Tovar.

2003 Museo de Arte Moderno ”Juan Astorga Anta Mérida“.

Galería Juan Ali Méndez, Tovar

2005 Tovar ante Todo, Galeria Felix, Caracas.

2005 Lineart International Art Fair, Gent, België.

AWARDS

1986 Eerste prijsIV Bienal de Miniaturas Gráficas TAGA.

1988 Eerste prijs VI Bienal de Miniaturas Gráficas TAGA.

1999 Prijs Festival de las Artes, Tovar.

REPRESENTATIE

Instituto Autónomo Biblioteca Nacional. Galería de Arte Nacional. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas. Museo de Arte La Rinconada AGPA. Cartones de Venezuela 1984-1988. Taller de Artistas Gráficos Asociados TAGA. 1986.

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